SFP: Lettuce Cost Study

Lettuce Production Practices and Sample Costs

Table 3. MONTHLY CASH COSTS PER ACRE TO PRODUCE LOOSE LEAF LETTUCE
Coachella Valley - 1996

JULY 96- JUNE 97	Jl	Au	S	O	N	D	Ja	F	Mr	Ap	My	Jn	Total
JULY 96- JUNE 97	1996						1997
Preplant:
Plow	43												43
Stubble Disc	27												27
Rip	39												39
Landplane	15												15
Commercial Fertilizer	70												70
Disc 2x	49												49
Soil Analysis		2											2
Pre-Irrigate		84											84
Insecticide			43										43
List			34										34
Pre-Plant Fertilization			78										78
TOTAL PRE- PLANT COSTS	242	86	154										78
Cultural:
Plant			182										182
Bird Control			36										36
Herbicide			76										76
Irrigate			84	84	84								252
Cultivate				13									13
Thinning & Weeding				160									160
Inject Fertilizer 3x				174									174
Insecticide				62	62								125
Beneficial Insects					53								53
PCA Field Check			20										20
TOTAL CULTURAL COSTS			398	494	199								1091
Harvest:
Harvest						2730							2730
TOTAL HARVEST COSTS						2730							2730
Post- harvest:
Disc 2x						49
TOTAL POST- HARVEST COSTS						49							49
Interest on oper. capital	2	3	9	13	15	42							85
TOTAL OP. COST/ ACRE	244	89	561	507	214	2821							4437
TOTAL OP. COST/ BOX	0.28	0.1	0.64	0.58	0.25	3.22							5.07
Overhead:
Office Expense	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	50
Liability Insurance	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	35
Land Rent						133							133
Management	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	105
Sprinkler Pipe			130										130
Sprinkler Pump Rent			75										75
Property Taxes	1							1					3
Property Insurance	1							1					2
Investment Repairs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
TOTAL CASH OVERHEAD COST	18	16	221	16	16	149	16	18	16	16	16	16	534
TOTAL CASH COSTS/ ACRE	262	105	782	523	230	2970	16	18	16	16	16	16	4970
TOTAL CASH COSTS/ BOX	0.30	0.12	0.89	0.60	0.26	3.39	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	5.68

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